Having a basic understanding of frame sizes, frame rates, and image quality will…help you manage material from different cameras.…It will also help you deliver the right type of file for the project…you're working on.…First off, let's consider Media Formats.…Now there're a lot of Media Formats out there, and it can seem a…little confusing. Here is the way to simplify it for yourself.…There are only three frame sizes that you need to worry about.…There's HD-1080, which is 1080 pixels high x 1920 pixels wide.…

There's actually a different flavor of HD-1080 as well, which is just a little…skinnier, at 1440 pixels wide.…Then there's HD-720.…You can see that the frame size is considerably smaller: 720 high x 1280 wide, or…the skinny version: 960 wide.…And then finally, the only other category of frame sizes we have are SD,…SD Pal - largely used in Europe -…and SD NTSC, mostly used in North America.…

And that's really it.…It doesn't get any more complicated than that.…And the beautiful thing is that inside of the Media Composer interface, we…

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6/10/2010

In Avid Media Composer 5 Getting Started, author Steve Holyhead explores the tools and techniques in Media Composer for producing great looking video, as well as the basics of high definition media formats. This course walks through the video production workflow from input to editing to output, covers key information such as trim concepts and frame rates, and introduces techniques such as color correction, footage stabilization, and real-time audio effects. Exercise files accompany the course.